UPDATED: Power mostly restored after outage in Washington City - St. George News
Alert: Power outage in Washington City - St George News
A power outage impacting over 5,350 homes in LaVerkin, Springdale and New Harmony was reported, Sept. 8, 2021, Stock image | St. George News
ST. GEORGE — Residents in the Buena Vista area of Washington City are experiencing a power outage.
The Washington City Power Department confirmed with St. George News that around 2:15 p.m. Friday power went out for an unknown reason.
They said crews have been dispatched to the area and there is no estimated time for restoral at this point.
St. George News will provide updates as information becomes available.
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Chris Reed serves as a reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O'Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.
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